Ordering in nematic liquid crystals from NMR cross-polarization studies

Ramanathan, KV and Sinha, Neeraj (2003) Ordering in nematic liquid crystals from NMR cross-polarization studies. In: Pramana, Journal of Physics, 61 (2). pp. 249-62.

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Abstract

The measurement of dipolar couplings between nuclei is a convenient way of obtatining directly liquid crystalline ordering through NMR since the coupling is dependent on the average orientation of the dipolar vector in the magnetic field which also aligns the liquid crystal. However, measurement of the dipolar coupling between a pair of selected nuclei is beset with problems that require special solutions. In this article the use of cross polarization for measuring dipolar couplings in liquid crystals is illustrated. Transient oscillations observed during cross polarization provide the dipolar couplings between essentially isolated nearest neighbour spins which can be extracted for several sites simultaneously by employing two-dimensional NMR techniques. The use of the method for obtaining heteronuclear dipolar couplings and hence the order parameters of liquid crystals is presented. Several modifications to the basic experiment are considered and their utility illustrated. A method for obtaining proton–proton dipolar couplings, by utilizing cross polarization from the dipolar reservoir, is also presented.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Pramana, Journal of Physics
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:	NMR;cross polarization;liquid crystals;dipolar couplings;ordering;order parameter
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Sophisticated Instruments Facility (Continued as NMR Research Centre)
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2004
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:12
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/203

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